Search based on time tracking

Filter issues based on the work item type, author and date. For example, if you want find all the issues that you’ve been working on during the last week, use a query work author: me work date: {last week}.

Opensearch Support

Type your search query right in your browser’s search bar to navigate straight to your search
results! This feature is available in all browsers that support the OpenSearch technology
including Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Google Chrome.

Search Context

Narrow down your search to a certain context, by choosing a project, saved search, or tag as
your context. Or simply use Everything to search across all projects and issues.

Tags

Use tags to group issues the way you prefer, regardless of their attributes. For example,
create a tag like fix it today and associate it with issues from different
projects, subsystems and so on.

Tags can also be used in your search queries to filter all the tagged issues. Any
user-defined tag can be set to untag on resolve so as soon as you fix a tagged issue, the
association will automatically end.

In addition, assign different colors to mark tags, and share tags to allow other users to
view, update and add your tags to new issues.

Saved Searches

Save search queries for future use. You'll appreciate this feature when you end up filtering
issues with queries like:

Share saved searches with other users so they can view your saved search and/or change its
name.

To make additional use of a saved search, enter it in the search box or choose it using query
completion. Manage saved searches in the Issue list to make them visible or hide them.

Filters

Not familiar with search queries? Try filters! Select one or more issue attributes from the
list and see how many issues match your filters. Then simply click Show to view them in the
list of issues.

When you choose a combination of filters, YouTrack inserts the corresponding search query in
the Search box. This helps you learn search queries faster, and you can save them as your
saved searches too to use again later.

Instant Issue Reporting

Report with a Single Shortcut

To create a new issue, press Alt+Ins anywhere within YouTrack, or click Create
Issue.

Set issue attributes; add links to other issues; add other users to the list of watchers;
mark issues with tags and attach and edit your screenshots. You can also use wiki markup for
special text formatting, and restrict access to your issue by making it visible to a
specific user group only.

Use Multiple Drafts

Create and manage as many drafts as you want. Your list of drafts is available from the New
Issue form: simply select the one that you want to report this time. You can also edit
several drafts simultaneously.

Use Wiki Markup

You can use special wiki markup in issue descriptions, including links to other issues or
external resources, code blocks, tables, headers and text formatting. A link to the wiki
reference page is available from the Issue Area.

Report Issue via REST API

Edit Images in Place

Take a screenshot, upload it into the Image Editor and tweak it on the spot: crop, add
highlights, add text, or blur any areas that you don’t want others to see.

Prettify Inserted Code

Make issue comments or code inserted into issue descriptions more readable with highlighting.
YouTrack uses a standard google-code-prettify library which by default supports C, C++, C#,
Java, JavaScript, Perl, Python, Ruby and SH. Including additional parameters enables
highlighting for more languages such as apollo, css, sql, and more.

Similar Issues

As you enter a new issue Summary and Description, YouTrack suggests a list of similar issues
matching the text in your summary and description. The issue you’re about to create could
already be there!

Make External Reporters Happy

Get more external bug reports by providing your users with an easy-to-use reporting tool.
YouTrack enables logging in with Google, GitHub, OpenID, Yahoo, or AOL accounts for a more
convenient reporting process. (Just make sure to first enable and configure the
corresponding Auth module.)

Create Issue from E-mail

Integrate YouTrack with your mailbox (IMAP, POP3) and report issues right from emails. You
can configure the issue reporter, set up a command to be applied to a created issue, or add
comments by replying to a notification email you received.

Innovative Concept of Managing Issues

Speed Up Issue Modification

YouTrack gives you multiple ways to modify issues: right from the issues list or from the
full issue view, with a single mouse click. But that’s not all!

Keyboard-Driven Navigation

Use handy keyboard shortcuts to navigate the issues list, expand and collapse issues,
and edit issues inline. For example, press the Right Arrow key to expand the issue
summary and show more details, or press F2 to open an issue for editing.
Extensive support for shortcuts allows you to comfortably work with issues without keeping
your hands off the keyboard.

Add Watchers

When you need to keep someone in the loop, add a user to the list of issue watchers, and they
will be notified of all updates and changes to that issue.

Star Issues

Clicking the Star issue button adds you to the list of issue watchers and subscribes
you to all updates of this issue. You also become an issue watcher automatically when you
comment or vote for it. Use the Star tag to view all issues you're currently watching.

Manage Duplicates

Aggregate data for duplicates, including filtering linked issues with comments and
attachments, transfer votes and merge voters and watchers.

Invoke Command Window

To speed up your issue modification process, YouTrack introduces an enormous
time-saver called the Command window. Modify the attributes of an issue or a set of
issues using a set of natural-language-like commands similar to search queries. For example,
you can:

Assign issues to a user

Change type, priority or any other issue field

Add tags, work items or link issues

Star an issue for any user, or vote for an issue

All the Details You Need

When you need to dive into details, use the Full Issue View showing all the voters,
watchers, and comments; history of changes; any linked issues, tags, and TeamCity builds
associated with the issue; VCS changes linked to the issue; and any relevant code reviews.
A full preview of attached files is available when you hover the mouse over the attachment
clip.

Mention @username

Mentioning someone by their @username is the easiest way to involve them in the discussion
within an issue. Simply add e.g. @tom.jones to your issue comment, to make Tom Jones
an issue watcher and keep him notified of your comment and all subsequent issue changes.

Link Issues

You can link issues using various dependency types, such as relates to, depends on,
duplicates, and so on. Any issue can be linked to multiple other issues in one go.

Apply Commands

Select issues from the list and type a command to apply to all of them. The Command window
helps you with command completion lists and highlighting. In addition, YouTrack explains all
commands that you enter. For example, enter the following
command: critical for Carry.Parker in progress tag fix asap

With this command, all selected issues are elevated to Critical priority, assigned to Carry
Parker, set to In progress and associated with the tag fix asap.

Receive Non-intrusive Alerts

Receive notifications of various issue events in your email and/or IM account.
For example, you can subscribe to notifications of issue updates, resolution,
votes, or comments (or unsubscribe from them easily). You can also set up notifications
of updates to issues marked with a certain tag or those included in a saved search.
YouTrack merges closely related modifications into one email and supports threading.

Vote for Issues

Do you want to collect your users' votes for specific features, to help decide which ones
should
be implemented first?
Let people voice their opinions by clicking the Vote button in the list of issues or the
full
issue view
(or by using the Vote command).

Issue links preview in messengers

Share issue links with your teammates in Slack or Telegram, and they automatically expand
into a preview mode. Preview mode even works when you paste links to Facebook posts. This
feature saves you time throughout the day, letting you decide whether you want to open an
issue or not.